Strange as it may seem, the smartest man ever to occupy the White House wrote a passage in his book, Audacity of Hope, that shows his blissful lack of knowledge of one of the most pivotal incidents in American History...the Civil War from 1861-1865.
At p. 55 of Audacity of Hope, Obama writes:
“In every society (and in every individual), these twin strands-the individualistic and the communal, autonomy and solidarity- are in tension and it has been one of the blessings of America that the circumstances of our nation’s birth allowed us to negotiate these tensions better than most. We did not have to go through any of the violent upheavals that Europe was forced to endure as it shed its feudal past. Our passage from an agricultural to an industrial society was eased by the sheer size of the continent, vast tracts of land and abundant resources that allowed new immigrants to continually remake themselves.”
(Emphasis added)
The American Civil War (1861-1865) lasted four years, destroyed half of the country and claimed 600,000 American lives. It was by most standards a very “violent upheaval.” More evidence that this imposter is a phoney empty suit without even the most basic knowledge of his adopted country.
